The United States has imposed new sanctions on the Maduro regime for the abduction of Edgar Zambrano

United States Treasury Department imposed new sanctions on Nicolás Maduro's regime, by placing in your new list a two companies and two ships increase the pressure against the chavist dictatorship.

Both shipping companies have their base in the Marshall Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean; and in Liberia, on the west coast of Africa. In the case of tankers, both have a Panamanian flag.

"Today's action puts the Venezuelan army and intelligence services, as well as those who support them, aware of their continued support for the illegitimate regime of Maduro. this will have serious consequences"said the Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin.

"The United States will take further action if Cuba continues to receive Venezuelan oil in exchange for military support. As we have said many times, the easing of sanctions for those who have been sanctioned is to take concrete and meaningful steps to restore the democratic order, "he added.

"The sanctions of today, which are a direct response to the illegal detention of members of the National Assembly On behalf of SEBIN, their objective is the actors who participated in the repressive sector of defense and intelligence of Maduro. This includes the Venezuelan oil sector, which remains essential for the survival of the illegitimate regime of former President Maduro, "said the Treasury in his statement.

The Foreign Assets Control Office (FOCA) of the Treasury Department has designated two companies operating in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy, in accordance with Decree 13850 and its amendments. OFAC also identified two ships They transported Venezuelan oil to Cuba as a blocked property of both companies.

In a statement issued by the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), it is stated that an ordinary court rendered the Preventive detention of Zambrano "for the flagrant commission of the crimes of treason, conspiracy, civil rebellion, usurpation of functions, public instigation to the disobedience of the laws and the persistent hatred".

Police custody was also ordered for citizens Rosario Pedro, Abrahan Rodríguez, Martín Hernández and Martín Peña, who accompanied Zambrano on Wednesday during his arrest.

The Vice President of the National Assembly is one of the ten deputies accused by the TSJ chaviste for his participation in the uprising of April 30 under the leadership of Juan Guaidó, recognized as interim president of Venezuela by more than 50 countries.

The lawyer of Zambrano, Lilia Camejo, denounced irregularities in its process. "From the moment of arrest, the rights of the MP were violated. We did not have access to the file and we could not be named to his defense, "Camejo told reporters, who also wondered why a civilian had been sent to a military prison.